Johnny O'Brien

Positions: Second Baseman, Pitcher and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 170lb (175cm, 77kg)

Born: December 11, 1930 in South Amboy, NJ us

High School: St. Mary's HS (South Amboy, NJ)

School: Seattle University (Seattle, WA)

Debut: April 19, 1953 (Age 22-129d, 11,003rd in major league history)
vs. BRO 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 19, 1959 (Age 28-220d)
vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1953 season

Full Name: John Thomas O'Brien

Nicknames: Little John or Johnny O

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Relatives: Brother of Eddie O'Brien

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.0

815

204

.250

RBI

OBP

.306

SLG

.320

OPS

.626

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	31-41 / in Starts: 15-13
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	52 games
Most Games w/o RBI	36 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 114 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	45 (26-7-12) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 114 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	72 (38-22-11)

Most Driven In
G Freese	1
D Long	1
B Del Greco	1
R Kline	0
H Foiles	0
R Clemente	0

Most Driven In By
D Groat	2
D Long	2
R Clemente	1
B Virdon	1
B Skinner	1
D Cole	1

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	174	1	Apr 17	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	.84	-0.086	2.15	-0.13%	-0.74	2B
2	175	2	Apr 18	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	8						2B
3	176	3	Apr 19	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.273	.200	.473	8	1.25	-0.117	2.65	-0.15%	-0.95	2B
4	177	4	Apr 20	PIT		BRO	L,0-5	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	8	.72	-0.017	1.66	-0.02%	-0.15	2B
5	178	5	Apr 21	PIT		BRO	W,3-1	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.154	.368	8	1.26	-0.115	2.67	-0.15%	-1.15	2B
6	179	6	Apr 22	PIT		BRO	L,1-4	CG(6)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.188	.133	.321	8	.58	-0.029	1.29	-0.04%	-0.31	2B
7	180	7	Apr 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.167	.118	.284	8	.45	-0.022	.94	-0.03%	-0.25	2B
8	181	8	Apr 27	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.158	.111	.269	8	.56	-0.014	1.35	-0.02%	-0.17	2B
9	182	9	Apr 28	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-5	5-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.150	.105	.255	1	1.66	-0.046	3.72	-0.06%	-0.37	2B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	183	17 (7)	May 6 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.105	.150	.105	.255	2						2B
11	184	21 (3)	May 12	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.105	.150	.105	.255	2						2B
12	185	22	May 13 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,11-9	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.190	.150	.340	4	1.53	0.091	3.58	0.13%	1.67	2B
13	186	25 (2)	May 17	PIT		CHC	L,1-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.143	.182	.143	.325	9						PH
14	187	26	May 18	PIT		CHC	L,2-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.167	.130	.297	1	.93	-0.046	2.03	-0.06%	-0.44	2B
15	188	27	May 19	PIT		CHC	W,7-4	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.148	.207	.148	.355	1						2B
16	189	28	May 20 (1)	PIT		MLN	W,6-3	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.172	.226	.172	.398	1						2B
17	190	29	May 20 (2)	PIT		MLN	W,5-0	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.206	.250	.206	.456	1						2B
18	191	30	May 22	PIT		STL	L,3-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.231	.189	.420	1	1.02	-0.082	3.02	-0.15%	-0.65	2B
19	192	31	May 23	PIT		STL	W,6-0	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.209	.171	.380	1	.77	-0.067	2.00	-0.10%	-0.99	2B
20	193	32	May 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.156	.208	.156	.364	1	1.18	-0.125	2.93	-0.19%	-1.47	2B
21	194	33	May 26	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.212	.184	.395	8	.55	0.014	1.55	0.02%	-0.18	2B
22	195	34	May 28	PIT		BRO	W,3-2	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.208	.180	.388	8	.91	-0.025	2.89	-0.05%	-0.21	2B
23	196	35	May 29	PIT		BRO	L,1-10	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.157	.204	.176	.380	8	.35	-0.009	1.24	-0.02%	-0.10	2B
24	197	37 (1)	May 30 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-5	14-15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.200	.173	.373	5	4.90	-0.132	14.84	-0.24%	-0.47	PH
25	198	38	May 31	PIT		NYG	W,3-0	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.151	.196	.170	.366	8	.99	-0.025	2.84	-0.04%	-0.22	2B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	199	39	Jun 1	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-1	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.193	.167	.360	8	.06	-0.002	.22	0.00%	-0.09	2B
27	200	40	Jun 2	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-2	3-GF	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.203	.179	.382	8	.83	-0.023	3.53	-0.06%	-0.55	2B
28	201	41	Jun 3 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	W,3-1	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	.158	.200	.175	.375	8						2B
29	202	44 (2)	Jun 6	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-2	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.155	.197	.172	.369	5	.03	-0.001	.11	0.00%	-0.22	2B
30	203	46 (1)	Jun 8	PIT	@	STL	W,2-0	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.188	.164	.351	1	.77	-0.057	3.17	-0.14%	-0.47	2B
31	204	48 (1)	Jun 10 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,11-3	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.203	.182	.385	8	.85	0.032	3.72	0.09%	0.37	2B
32	205	49	Jun 10 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,0-3	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.211	.191	.402	8	.65	-0.009	3.00	-0.03%	-0.10	2B
33	206	50	Jun 12	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.211	.191	.402	5						PR 2B
34	207	51	Jun 15	PIT		STL	W,12-1	CG	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.169	.224	.183	.407	8	.33	-0.046	1.49	-0.13%	0.25	2B
35	208	52	Jun 16	PIT		STL	W,2-0	CG(7)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.218	.178	.396	8	.41	-0.020	1.99	-0.06%	-0.30	2B
36	209	53	Jun 17 (1)	PIT		STL	L,1-3	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.164	.218	.178	.396	8						2B
37	210	58 (4)	Jun 21	PIT		MLN	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.232	.195	.427	8	.48	-0.032	1.78	-0.07%	-0.22	2B
38	211	59	Jun 23	PIT		CHC	L,5-9	0-GF(10)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.232	.195	.427	6						PR SS
39	212	62 (2)	Jun 25	PIT		CIN	L,1-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.232	.195	.427	7						PR 2B
40	213	63	Jun 27	PIT		CIN	L,2-10	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.232	.195	.427	9						P
41	214	65 (1)	Jun 29	PIT		NYG	W,6-3	7-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.232	.195	.427	1		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR 2B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
42	215	68 (2)	Jul 1 susp	PIT		NYG	L,6-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.229	.192	.421	9	3.36	-0.084	3.39	-0.05%	-0.22	2B
43	216	69	Jul 3	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.177	.226	.190	.416	9	1.49	-0.037	1.29	-0.02%	-0.22	P
44	217	71 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,8-4	0-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.171	.218	.183	.401	7						2B
45	218	73 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-11	4-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.225	.190	.415	9	.19	0.003	.14	0.00%	0.03	P
46	219	77 (3)	Jul 13	PIT	@	CHC	L,6-7	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.222	.188	.410	8	2.15	-0.054	2.06	-0.03%	-0.22	2B
47	220	79 (1)	Jul 14 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-6	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.222	.188	.410	8						2B
48	221	81 (1)	Jul 15 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.220	.186	.406	9	.12	-0.003	.08	0.00%	-0.09	PH
49	222	83 (1)	Jul 17	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	8-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.220	.186	.406	8	3.46	-0.022	.78	0.00%	-0.19	2B
50	223	84	Jul 18	PIT	@	STL	T,1-1	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.220	.186	.406	4		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR 2B
51	224	85	Jul 20	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-6	9-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.217	.184	.401	2	1.80	-0.045	.58	-0.01%	-0.16	2B
52	225	86	Jul 21	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.172	.217	.184	.401	8						2B
53	226	88 (1)	Jul 22 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-9	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.215	.182	.397	9	.59	-0.015	.24	0.00%	-0.24	PH P
54	227	89	Jul 23	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.170	.215	.182	.397	5						PR
55	228	91 (1)	Jul 25	PIT		CHC	W,9-8	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.215	.182	.397	8						2B
56	229	95 (3)	Jul 29 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,1-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.170	.215	.182	.397	8						2B
57	230	96	Jul 29 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.219	.187	.406	8	1.68	-0.046	.07	0.00%	-0.32	2B
58	231	97	Jul 30	PIT		CIN	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.216	.185	.401	7	2.46	-0.054	.08	0.00%	-0.18	PH
59	232	98	Jul 31	PIT		STL	L,0-7	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.216	.185	.401	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
60	233	100 (1)	Aug 2	PIT		STL	L,5-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.224	.194	.418	9	1.79	0.093	.01	0.00%	0.85	PH
61	234	107 (6)	Aug 9	PIT		BRO	L,3-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.181	.222	.191	.414	9	.65	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.15	PH
62	235	109 (1)	Aug 11	PIT		NYG	L,2-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.179	.220	.189	.409	8						2B
63	236	113 (3)	Aug 14 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-11	3-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.175	.214	.186	.399	9	.18	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-1.37	PH P
64	237	116 (2)	Aug 17	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-5	7-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.221	.194	.415	9	.21	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.25	P
65	238	121 (4)	Aug 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6	6-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.221	.194	.415	7						P
66	239	123 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.221	.194	.415	9						PR
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
67	240	141 (17)	Sep 9 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.219	.192	.411	9	3.26	-0.090	.00	0.00%	-0.34	PH
68	241	142	Sep 11	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	0-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	.182	.219	.192	.411	9						PH
69	242	148 (5)	Sep 18	PIT		MLN	L,4-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.219	.192	.411	6						PR
70	243	152 (3)	Sep 23 susp	PIT		BRO	L,3-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.217	.190	.407	8	.17	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.22	2B
71	244	153	Sep 24	PIT		BRO	W,6-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.180	.217	.190	.407	7						2B
72	245	154	Sep 25	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-10	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.211	.184	.395	8	.36	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.54	2B
73	246	156 (1)	Sep 29 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-3	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.173	.209	.183	.392	7	2.83	-0.141	.00	0.00%	-0.76	2B
							31-41		114	104	13	18	1	0	0	3	5	0	7	0	4	1	2	3	0	0	.173	.209	.183	.392		.95	-1.562	1.92	-1.81%	-12.56

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